HP UX 11i v2 Networking Software manual Including the gvid Module in the Kernel

1.Login or register to the HP patch catalog. See the following URL:

http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/

mainPage.do?admit=109447626+1210714508998+28353475

2.Go to the find a specific patch search, enter its name (e.g. PHSS_41260) and press enter. This brings up a new screen. If there is a newer patch that supersedes this patch, it will be listed under the Most Recent heading. You will need to download the latest patch.

3.Click in the box next to selected patch then click the add to selected patch list button. This brings up a new screen that displays the patch along with any other dependent patches.

4.Click the download selected button. This brings up a new screen.

5.Select the server to use and the format of the patch bundle. Once these options are chosen, click the download button.

6.This downloads the patch bundle to your system. Save the patch bundle to a convenient place on your system. For this example, we will assume the patch bundle is downloaded into the /tmp/PHSS_41260 directory file.

7.Once the patch bundle is downloaded, unzip/gunzip/tar the patch bundle depending on the format of the patch bundle. This extracts the patch bundle. Each bundle is a shar file. To create a depot for loading, run the create_depot_hp-ux_11script as root. This creates a bundle in /tmp/PHSS_41260/depot.

8.As root, run the swinstall command using the newly created bundle. swinstall —s /tmp/PHSS_41260/depot

Including the gvid Module in the Kernel

To enable graphics on an HP-UX server, the kernel must have the gvid module configured in it. On the Integrity line of servers, this will happen automatically when the system is first installed and there is a graphics display detected in the system. On the Precision Architecture line of servers, or if a graphics display is not initially present, this may have to be done manually.

To determine if the gvid module is configured into your system's kernel, use the kcmodule command. See the following example:

kcmodule gvid

If your kernel is correctly configured, you will see the following output:

Module State Cause

gvid static explicit

If the state shown for gvid is anything other than static, the gvid driver must be configured into your system's kernel before you can use the HP PCI AMD Radeon 7000 Graphics Adapter card. To configure gvid into the kernel, enter the following command as superuser:

kcmodule gvid=static

This will build a new kernel containing the gvid driver. You must reboot your system to run this new kernel.

Verification of Hardware Installation

After the HP PCI AMD Radeon 7000 Graphics Adapter has been installed and the system has rebooted, verify the graphics card was correctly installed. Identify which device file corresponds to which card.

1.Run the following command: ioscan -fun -C graphics

The following output should appear. Notice there is one line for every graphic device claimed in the systems bus. Each device should have gvid_core for a driver and the S/W State should be CLAIMED.

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